Down toward the bottom of their November ballots Austin voters will find eight proposed changes to the City Charter. Seven of ...

Continuing our discussion of the City of Austin ballot in the November 3 election, this article will take readers through the ...

When it comes to the two bond items on the City of Austin November ballot the City Council has presented voters (at least the ones paying attention) with two agonizing decisions. I’m referring to the ...

I have been waiting in vain for some of James Talarico’s fellow Democrats, specifically prominent ones, to stand up and say publicly that Talarico does not deserve the level of drubbing and outrage he ...

It’s that time of year when the hopes of Texas Democrats flower, like the bluebonnets that come a few weeks later. But, like the bluebonnets, those Democratic hopes tend to get ground into the dirt by ...

I need to start with a Boomer Alert because the above headline is a bit dated. Baby Boomers will almost certainly recognize “just the facts” as the motto of Police Sergeant Joe Friday from the TV cop ...

Another University of Texas building is scheduled to be demolished. The Steve Hicks School of Social Work building on San Jacinto Blvd. is the target as it stands in the path of a new, must have, ...

Project Connect is about to have its big day(s) in court. Specifically I mean the core element of Project Connect, Austin’s proposed light rail system. This is also the latest lawsuit challenging the ...

About a week ago Bill Bunch, the Director of the Save Our Springs Alliance (SOSA), contacted me and reminded that we are approaching the 30th Anniversary of the Barton Creek PUD uprising. That ...

“Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Rich Boy, 1926 I was reluctant to quote that F. Scott Fitzgerald line because I don’t like ...

There’s a new acronym in town. It’s ETOD, which stands for Equitable Transit-Oriented Development. The City recently released a 184 page report titled the “Equitable Transit-Oriented Development ...

As the election on a City property tax increase (Prop Q) nears, opponents are beginning to hammer the point that the increase will affect the “affordability of Austin” — particularly for residents ...